Chapter 108

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Zelena opened the portal to Earth an Milah went through to see her family again The group vowed they would find a way to rescue Rumplestiltzkin from his Wish Realm counterpart. For now, they were still searching for Alex's adoptive father. Word of these intruders soon spread through this neighborhood, old friends and enemies alike were searching, thus they tried to keep moving. Before long they were located by an old "friend" of Zelena. This man was Stanum, better known as the Tin Man.

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Stanum: Hello Zelena.

Zelena: Stanum? What are you doing here?

Stanum: I guess I didn't meet the very high standars of Heaven. Your powers were apparently enough to escape before the darkness swallowed you.

Karl: I guess you two have a history.

Zelena: Yeah, not my finest moment. When I was a child, most of the other kids picked on me, thought I was a freak. Stanum was one of my few friends, the only one who defended me. When we grew up, I established myself as the wicked witch of the west, and Stanum was on the recieving end of an evil witch's curse. Different evil witch. Anyway he sought my help, which I did give, at first.

Stanum: But the only was to save myself was for Zelena to sacrifice her powers, and she wasn't willing to give up her power.

Zelena: If it helps, I did later give up my powers to save my sister.

Stanum: The same sister you were planning to make sure was never born so you could have your mother all to yourself?

Zelena: We reconciled.

Stanum: Glad you finally took my advice and chose love over power. Wish it happenned a bit sooner.

Zelena: I'm sorry that I abandoned you. I can't change the past, but I can take you to a new world, where you can live your life again.

Stanum: I'll take that offer. But I find it hard to believe you came all the way here just for me.

Zelena: I made too many mistakes to make amends to everyone, but I'll do what I can.

Stanum: Speaking of, there's a man in this world, a thief.

Danielle: I would assume there are countless thieves in Hell.

Stanum: This one's different. He steals from the rich, and gives to the poor. And from what I've heard, he has a grudge against you.

Zelena: Robin Hood?

Stanum: Yes. Rumor is you had a child with him, and went through a nasty custody battle.

Zelena: That's complicated. But I heard Robin was ereased from existence.

Stanum: You'd be suprised how many magic talismans are far less powerful than it's owners claim.

Zelena: Sounds about right.

Stanum: Anyway maybe Hades really thought it had that kind of power, he really thought it would work on Zeus himself. But clearly even these "gods" can't erease souls. Unfortunately, Hades is here too, and he has his own mini-kingdom. He and Robin are still enemies. You want to rescue Robin, give your daughter a chance to know her father, it will be difficult.

Zelena: I'm willing to risk it. But first, let's get you home.